Appointed to the Supreme Court in 1990 by Republican President George H.W. Bush, Souter quickly emerged as a consistent ...

The Bush administration thus squandered a rare opportunity to shift the ideological ... judicial liberal since 1956. Souter's unlikely nomination infuriated the political party that first ...

Conservative judicial activists were critical of his leftward shift, viewing him ... He never sought to promote a political agenda.' Once engaged but never married, Souter remained a 'confirmed ...

Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter dead at age 85 - Souter was named to the high court by President George HW Bush ...